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Walking In The Apennines

The valleys of the Metauro and Cesano boast landscapes of extraordinary richness: veritable treasure troves of history, culture, traditions and natural marvels which make every place unique. They are a kalaidoscope of colours, fragrances and tastes perfectly nestle in a mosaic of spectacular natural wonders: from the sea to the Apennines through an expanse of soft hills and river valleys full of biodiverity and natural beauty. The ancient castle towns and castles embellish the territorry with their architecture, history, arts, trades and traditions and contribute to making our territory a unique cultural heritage.

We are convinced that our territory can combine a slow pace, authenticity and quality of life, and therefore suggest less commercialised tourism which pays more attention broadly speaking to the values of nature, culture, food, wine and the countryside. We propose quite simply a different way of travelling, original experiences in this beautiful territory to learn about culture, territory, people and tastes and a quieter pace of life. Through such experiences we hope to teach people about the essence of sustainability.

Tourist services

THE RENAISSANCE COURT AND THE FORTRESS Civil and military architecture in the medieval: Fossombrone and Mondavio Three days immersed in history, traditions, food and wine at the Villa Romana agriturismo in Saltara. PROGRAMME Visitors arrive on Friday and settle in accomodation of their choice with a visit to the farms (which specialise in […]

A JOURNEY OF 2000 YEARS…to look for Peace An itinerary which takes us back to the period between the Punic wars and World War II Three days dedicated to history, with accomodation at the Borgo Montemaggiore hotel. PROGRAMME Visitors arrive on Friday in the early afternoon and settle into their accomodation of choice. […]

THE GOLD OF THE VAL METAURO LAND Truffles, oil and the Angelica pear Three days dedicated to the discovery of the precious local products, with accomodation at the Casa Oliva hotel. PROGRAMME Tourists will arrive on Friday in the early afternoon and settle in accomodation of their choice. There will be a short […]

THE SKY AND STARS AND AERIAL ITINERARIES The Balì house and “evolution camp” Three days dedicated to science with accomodation in the Metauro hotel of Saltara. PROGRAMME Visitors arrive on Friday early afternoon and settle in their chosen accomodation. There will then be a visit to the historic towncentre. Dinner will be in accomodation and […]

ORGANIC FOOD, HEALTH AND WELL-BEING. Isola del Piano, the heart of organic production in the Marches Visitors will spend three days in an area dedicated to well-being and healthy food at the Agriturismo Girolomoni PROGRAMME Visitors arrive in the early afternoon and check into their chosen accomodation. They then visit the pasta factory of the […]

MONDAVIO: RENAISSANCE EMOTIONS Duration: 2 days Price: € Difficulty: Easy – tourists will use their own cars Day: 13, 14, 15 Ferragosto Times: departure and return Meeting place: Mondavio PROGRAMME This is one of the most beautiful towns in Italy and has been awarded the Bandiera Arancione (Orange Flag), and each year hosts one of […]

ORGANIC FOOD, HEALTH AND WELL-BEING Duration: 2 days Price: 18,00 € plus the cost of tasting to pay on site Difficulty: easy Day: Times: departure and retunr Meeting poing: Isola del Piano PROGRAMME Two days dedicated to well-being and relaxation surrounded by nature. There will be healthy and easy walks in the state-owned forest called […]

TASTE OF TRADITIONS IN THE METAURO VALLEY Duration: 3 days Price: 25,5 € plus the price of tasting to pay on site Difficulty: easy Day: Times: departure and return Meeting point: Fossombrone Three days dedicated to local products of the Metauro valley, an area of spectacular beauty. We will organise visits to farms, bakeries, farms […]

LANDS OF FRATTULA Duration: half a day Price: 17 € plus the cost of wine tasting to pay on site Difficulty: easy Day: three days Times: departure and return Meeting point: Corinaldo PROGRAMME Three days dedicated to local products of the Cesano Valleys, an area of spectacular beauty. The lands of Frattula consist of five […]

SURPRISES AT THE CASTLE OF SALTARA Duration: half a day Price: € 6,50 with a guide – there is the possibility of doing the excursion without a guide – € 2,00 price of map Difficulty: Easy Day: Times: departure and return Meeting place: piazza in Saltara PROGRAMME We organise a fun and relaxing walk in […]

NATURE, CULTURE AND SPIRITUALITY Duration: the whole day Price: € 6,50 with a guide; or without guidea – € 2,00 cost of a map Difficulty: Easy Day: Times: departure and return Meeting place: Piazza Serra Sant’Abbondio PROGRAMME A fun treasure hunt for the whole family in the enchanting town of Serra Sant’Abbondio. A guided or […]

THE METAURO AND THE ANCIENT VIA FLAMINIA Duration: half a day Price: € 6,50 Difficulty: Easy Day: Times: departure and return Meeting point: Piazza Fossombrone PROGRAMME The historic via Flaminia, opened by Caio Flaminio in the year 202 BC, is today, especially the part which crosses the province of Pesaro, is an authentic piece of […]

FROM FORD TO FORD TO THE SPRINGS OF THE CESANO Duration: the whole day, the participant has to bring a packed lunch Price: €9,00 Difficulty: Moderate Day: Times: departure and return Meeting poing: Serra Sant’Abbondio PROGRAMME This is a really exciting excursion in the enthralling woods of M. Catria. We will go up the Cesano […]

THE DELLA TORRE ROMANA WOOD (ROMAN TOWER WOOD) Duration: half a day Price: €7,00 Difficulty: Moderate Day: Times: departure and return Meeting point: Pian di Rose PROGRAMME An easy walk in one of the most striking hygrophilious woods of the Marches, an important relict of an ancient forests which gave shade to the river banks. […]

BI-TREK OF THE METAURO Duration: a whole day, participants must bring their own packed lunch Price: €13,00 (the tour agency will provide you with a mountain bike if you do not have one at an additional cost of € 7,00 each – si a bike technician is always at hand to help with the bikes) […]

FROM DAWN TO DUSK Duration: two days, participants must bring a packed lunch and dinner Price: €40,00 (1 guide for two days and one night + assitance also during the night + a hot breakfast) + € 5,00 for use of tents provided by the agency Difficulty: Moderate Day: in August Times: departure and […]

SNOW WALKING AT THE TOP OF THE MAGNIFICENT MONTE CATRIA Duration: a day with packed lunch brought by participants (with possibility of eating at a refuge if requested) Price: € 28,00 (ticket for cable car, walking shoes and walking poles) Difficulty: Moderate (7 km – 300 m in ascent and 300 m in descent) Day: […]

TOWARDS THE TOP OF MONTE CATRIA Duration: half a day Price: 8 € Difficulty: Moderate (6 km to cover, of which 300 m in ascent and 300 m in descent) Day: Times: departure and arrival Meetng place: Frontone PROGRAMME Fantastic but challenging trek through the mountain beech forests and up to the panoramic topmost meadows […]

Discover the Flaminia-Cesano

MONDAVIO The name Mondavio would seem to derive from an expression used by San Francesco to descibe the pleasant nature of the place, Mons Avium come Monte degli Uccelli. Since ancient times it represented the main force of a perfected system of fortifications, administrative, commercial and cultural centres in a vast curacy on which numerous […]

ISOLA DEL PIANO The town nestles at the foot of Monti delle Cesane, up on a hill at 210 metres above sea level. The landscape is typically hilly and characterised by soft peaks, fields of wheat, vineyards, uncultivated plots of land, seed and fodder plants still enclosed by hedges, plants and centennial oaks. The former […]

SERRUNGARINA Town situated on a hill in the lower Metauro valley. With its characteristic winding snail-shell shape, it was one of the strongholds for the defence of Fano against the Feltresco dynasty. Its name originates from a notary who lived during the 14th century, Ser Ungaro degli Atti. The Malatesta family ordered the fortress to […]

SANT’IPPOLITO An ancient 14th century fortified town in which the skilled stonecutters worked the sandstone from the quarries, already known in Roman times, and produced objects of daily use and artistic and decorative works. Sant’Ippolito hosts the Museo del Territorio - Arte degli Scalpellini (the stonecutting museum): which illustrates this ancient art. In the whole territory […]

SALTARA Ancient town situated on a hill at 160 metres above sea level, and surrounded by splendid hills covered in vines and olive groves. It is still surrounded by a well-conserved wall dating back to the 12th century. The buildings include the council palace, Palazzo comunale and civic tower, Torre civica which bears the Malatestiano […]

PIAGGE According to tradition the ancient Roman town of Lubacaria was destroyed by Alarico, king of the Goths. Subsequenty, a new town was rebuilt on the nearby hill above the Metaura where Piagge stands today. What remains of the ancient castle are the castle walls, the clock tower and the mysterious but fascinating “tomba ipogea” […]

MONTEMAGGIORE AL METAURO This town of medieval origin is situated on a hill which dominates the luxuriant Metauro valley. It is connected with a particularly famous battle which took place in 1944 when the allies and the German troops confronted each other along the well-known Gothic Line. In commemoration of this event the historic museum […]

MONTEFELCINO This splendid and striking medieval town which looks over the Metauro valley, was once a battleground due to its strategic position. In 1578 count Fabio Landriani ordered the construction of the Feudatario palace (feudatory palace), an imposing building in the centre of town, which every year hosts the artisan and antique market known as […]

MOMBAROCCIO It emerged in medieval times from the union of five castles. Originally it came within the domain of the Church, then passe dover to the Malatesta family and later to the Sforza and Della Rovere families. During the Malatestiano period the castle walls were built, which included the splendid Porta Maggiore (15th century). In […]

FOSSOMBRONE Situated in the middle Metauro valley along the important Flaminia roada, stands the town of Fossombrone near the Roman settlement of San Martino del Piano, dating back to 130 B.C. once called Forum Sempronii (today a significant and well-known archeological park). At the foot of the luxuriant Monti delle Cesane, caressed by the river […]

BARCHI A small but charming village nestling among the hills going back to ancient times. The historic centre, commonly called the castello (castle), is protected by a high medieval wall still perfectly preserved. The town has been awarded the green flag for agriculture, and always pays particular attention to the re-discovery of traditional tastes and […]

SERRA SANT’ABBONDIO This town is of considerable strategic importance as a defence town and control of impassible but shorter route between Umbria and the Adriatic. The town currently conserves the structure of the ancient medieval castle town with its white and pink stone walls which still today surround the town and have two entrance gates, […]

SAN LORENZO IN CAMPO The historic town centre conserves its original urban structure with its internal alleys, arches and castle walls with towers. In the hightest part stood the fortress, of which little remains today, and under it opens out the characteristic small square of “Padella”, in which there is the Palazzo della Rovere, that […]

SAN GIORGIO DI PESARO The lands of San Giorgio have for time immemorial been used for agriculture. The Sangiorgese territory is full of history which is dominated by the two main towns sono: Castello di Poggio, Castello di San Giorgio and Spicello. San Giorgio hosts in the restored building of the centre called Casa della […]

SAN COSTANZO The numerous archeological artefacts go back to the 8th century B.C. and testify to the first villages in the territory of San Costanzo, the beginning of the iron age which is identified, in the hilly centre, with the Piceni civilisation. One of the oldest and most important Picentini necropolis was found in San Costanzo. […]

PERGOLA This land inhabited by the Umbri, Etruschi and Galli Senoni, was dominated by the Romans through the councils of Sentinum, Suasa Senonum and Forum Sempronii. Not far from the consular Flaminia road were discovered the famous Bronzi Dorati from Cartoceto in Pergola (the gilt bronzes) (I century B.C.), in Santa Lucia di Calamello, on 26 […]

ORCIANO DI PESARO The presence of a small temple dedicated to Janus in Roman times, provides evidence of Orciano’s ancient origins. The name probably derives from “orcio”, a clay vase which was used to contain offerings and placed in the temple. Birthplace of the famous sculto Gio’ Pomodoro, the central square where once his house […]

MONTERADO DI TRE CASTELLI Characterised by its enviable position which affords sweeping views of the entire Caesano valley, from Monte Catria to the Adriatic sea, this town has an important historical past. It has witnessed the discovery of archeological artefacts from the Neolithic period to the events of the Second World War, from cultural and […]

MONTE PORZIO Despite numerous findings in the territory, going back to the Stone Age and Roman era, it is only with the Senones that Monte Porzio gains a place in history, but it is the Monte Vecchio family, starting from 1400, which influences the current role of architecture, by building the palace of the same […]

MONTECICCARDO Small town situated at the foot of the Pesaresi hills, records of which first emerged in 1283. In the second half of the 18th century, with the defeat of the Napoleonic troops, Monteciccardo, Montegaudio and Monte S. Maria (three independently administered castle towns) were definitively united and Monteciccardo became the main town. Of the […]

FRONTONE Mounts Catria and Acuto are the two main peaks of Frontone which is the ideal place to spend a holiday in pursuit of relaxation and well-being in all seasons. In the winter the town offers ski facilties. The history of Frontone is tied to the castle: one of the best examples of military architecture […]

FRATTE ROSA Small and charming castle town situated on the top of a hill straddling the Metaur and Cesano valleys which offers a fantastic view which spans from the Apennines to the sea. Its ancient name was Castrum Fractarum whilst the word “Rosa”, perhaps due to the typical colour of the house bricks, was added […]

CORINALDO One of the the most beautiful towns of Italy and winner of Orange and Green flags, Corinaldo is an ancient mediveval castle town surrounded by imposing walls which are the best preserved in the Marches and an extraordinary example of military architecture with its fortified gates, towers and lodges, such as the famous Torre […]

CASTELCOLONNA DI TRE CASTELLI This is a small town in the province of An­cona. With its appearance as a small castle town, its walls and Mala­testiana tower, Castel Colonna gives evidence of a historical past which is connected to the ancient past. It was inhabited by the Picentes and once called Tomb of Senigallia, it […]